title: Challenges and advances in treating hoarding.
abstract: This article introduces an issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session devoted to understanding, assessing, and treating hoarding disorder (HD). After a case example is presented, the proposed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Edition criteria for HD are discussed, and the problems associated with hoarding are discussed from a psychotherapeutic and public health perspective. The articles in this issue are then outlined and summarized.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Tolin
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics